Strawberry season 2025 in Saxony: enjoyment despite price pressure and weather!

Strawberry season 2025 in Saxony: enjoyment despite price pressure and weather!

Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Deutschland - The strawberry season 2025 in Saxony has opened and the fruit growers are optimistic. After a crisis year 2024, which was affected by frost damage and unfavorable weather conditions, farmers expect a good harvest. For the current year, a harvest of around 1,500 tons of strawberries is expected, although the acreage in Saxony has dropped to 175 hectares - a significant decline compared to over 600 hectares in the 2000s and 208 hectares in the previous year. This development results from rising wage and operating costs as well as the price pressure by producers from southern Europe. The industry is also critical of the possible increase in the minimum wage from 12.82 euros to 15 euros, which could bring additional challenges. The price for a kilogram of strawberries is 10 euros in Saxony 2025, while a 500 gram shell costs around 5 euros. The prices remain stable compared to the previous year and thus show a certain resilience in a difficult market environment.

such as [lr-online.de] (https://www.lr-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/erdbereisison-in-sachsen-so--wark-erdbeeren-zum-s- 2025-78084757.html), around 70% of the Saxon strawberries go into direct marketing, during only pickers, during only 30% get into the supermarkets. However, the latter are often employed with imports from countries such as Spain, Greece and the Netherlands, which also puts the local market under pressure.

challenges for strawberry farmers

Despite the challenges of frost during flowering and rain during ripening, the strawberry farmers are confident that they achieve good harvest despite unfavorable weather conditions. A price increase for domestic strawberries is not only expected due to the weather. A new highlight of the strawberry season is the introduction of a day of honor for the German strawberry, which will be celebrated on the third Friday in May. This could attract additional interest and more visitors to the fields.

In the area of ​​consumption, it can be seen that the average Sachse consumed about 3.6 kilograms of strawberries a year. Undergraded, this results in a total consumption of around 14.5 million tons of strawberries for Saxony. A high number that underlines the importance of strawberry as one of the most popular summer fruits. According to [Freepresse.de] (https://www.freiepresse.de/ratgeber/essen-trinken/die-selbstpfluecke-aufs-sachsen-erdbeerfeldern- Beginnert-artikel13382822) These numbers reflect the strong domestic demand.

Distribution of the strawberry intentions in Germany

A look at the extension in Germany shows that the strawberry cultivation area has decreased in recent years. In 2023, the cultivation area was 14,010 hectares, which corresponds to a decline of almost a quarter compared to 2015. The significant decline in strawberries in the field is particularly striking, while the extension has increased under protective covers, which significantly increases the yields per hectare. Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg are among the most important cultivation countries in Germany, with around 60 percent of the total construction area. This illustrates the growing trend for intensification of the cultivation and is another aspect that the Saxon strawberry builders have to take into account in their planning in order to remain competitive, such as the [ble.de] (https://www.ble.de/shahareddocs/downloads/de/bzl/informationgrafiken/240425_erdbeer an aner an an aner an aner an aner an aner an aner an aner an anera. shows.

The strawberry season therefore has noteworthy dimensions and challenges, both for the farmers who have to deal with higher costs and price pressure, as well as for consumers who appreciate the fruit as summer enjoyment. Along the numerous strawberry fields in Saxony, which invite you to the self -harvest, it remains to be seen how the harvest will fail due to a variety of factors, including the weather.